Kristallnacht

January 28, 2014

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A visitor walks past photographs showing the aftermath of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms in the German cities of Berlin (L) and Kassel at an exhibit at the Topography of Terror museum on Nov. 8, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Events took place across Germany this weekend to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when on Nov. 10, 1938 Nazi gangs across Germany and Austria burned down over 1,000 synagogues, smashed Jewish-owned businesses, looted Jewish residences and killed several hundred Jews. Anti-Semitism was a central component of Adolf Hitler's rise to power and won him wide-spread sympathy among ordinary Germans and Austrians. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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A visitor walks past photographs showing the aftermath of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms in the German cities of Berlin (L) and Kassel at an exhibit at the Topography of Terror museum on Nov. 8, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Events took place across Germany this weekend to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when on Nov. 10, 1938 Nazi gangs across Germany and Austria burned down over 1,000 synagogues, smashed Jewish-owned businesses, looted Jewish residences and killed several hundred Jews. Anti-Semitism was a central component of Adolf Hitler's rise to power and won him wide-spread sympathy among ordinary Germans and Austrians. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)